{"id":2162,"date":"2022-05-30T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2022-05-30T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:16:09","slug":"indycar-driver-colton-herta-flips-at-indy-500-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2162","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar driver Colton Herta flips at Indy 500 practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/896\/500\/7fd9e3d2-herta-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"4-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves is ready to drive for 5\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-a7f268cc> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-a7f268cc>4-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves is ready to drive for 5<\/h4>\n<p data-v-a7f268cc>4-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves enters The Fox Garage to talk about his drive for five wins.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Colton Herta went on a wild ride at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Herta and the other drivers were taking part in the traditional &#8220;Carb Day&#8221; practice session, the last before Sunday&#8217;s race.<\/p>\n<p>The Andretti Autosport driver was entering Turn 1 at full speed when he lost control and skidded into the wall.<\/p>\n<p>The front of his car then lifted off the track and was flipped as it twisted through the air.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/7fd9e3d2-herta-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Colton Herta flipped his car during Indy 500 practice on Friday.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Colton Herta flipped his car during Indy 500 practice on Friday.<br \/>\n      (AP Photo\/Kirk DeBrunner)<\/p>\n<p>The car then landed on its top and slid all the way into the Turn 2 wall.<\/p>\n<p>Herta was on the radio with his team almost immediately and brought to the infield medical center, from where he was cleared with no major injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up examination may be necessary to check for a concussion prior to the race.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/9ee300b3-herta-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Colton Herta drives for Andretti Autosport.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Colton Herta drives for Andretti Autosport.<br \/>\n      (Photo\/Michael Conroy)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I was going a little too fast for that corner,&#8221; Herta said after the incident.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/0d74f115-herta-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Herta was not seriously injured in the crash.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Herta was not seriously injured in the crash.<br \/>\n      (AP Photo\/Kirk DeBrunner)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A little sad for that race car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Herta is scheduled to start the Indy 500 from row nine in 25th position after blowing an engine during qualifying.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video 4-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves is ready to drive for 5 4-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves enters The Fox Garage to talk about his drive for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}